Contents
- 1 Welcome
- 2 Estimating Costs
- 3 Sign Up for Amazon Web Services
- 3.1 Sign Up to Install at Digital Ocean
- 4 Create Your Amazon EC2 Server Instance
- 5 Secure Your Instance
- 6 Installing WordPress
- 7 Installing Varnish Cache
- 8 Installing W3 Total Cache
- 9 Activating Amazon CloudFront
- 10 Installing Themes and Plugins
- 11 Performance Optimization
- 12 Useful Links
- 13 What’s Not Covered
If you don’t yet have an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account, sign up for one. If you already have an account, you can jump ahead to create an instance. You might also prefer to run WordPress at Digital Ocean.
Here’s what the sign up process looks like. Amazon will require an email address, valid telephone number and credit card:
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